Crimea news and trends

Another Global Cyberattack Is Targeting Corporates – Here’s What You Need To Know
B2B Payments // June 29, 2017

Many corporates may still be feeling the heat from Wannacry, the ransomware attack that swept across the globe last month targeting computers running Microsoft Windows with its malware. But corporates across the world have no time to waste in getting their cyber defenses in order, because...

MasterCard, Visa Win Back Crimea Payments Market
Acquiring // February 09, 2015

Once transaction processing for Visa and MasterCard has been transferred to the new Russian National Payment Card System in April, the cards will again function in Crimea, a Russian government official said on Friday (Feb. 6). Anatoly Aksakov, deputy head of the financial committee of...

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Is Russia Behind Ukraine Cyber Attack?

July 03, 2017
In looking at just where the cyber attacks that hit the Ukraine and spread around the world last week may have originated, the Ukraine has pointed a finger at Russia. That assessment comes from the Ukraine’s state security apparatus, known as the SBU. The SBU also claimed that the Russian hackers were the same ones […]

MasterCard, Visa Win Back Crimea Payments Market

February 09, 2015
Once transaction processing for Visa and MasterCard has been transferred to the new Russian National Payment Card System in April, the cards will again function in Crimea, a Russian government...